Abstract
Enterococcus faecalis is an important nosocomial pathogen associated to hospital infections in the Americas and Europe. ElrA is a virulence factor related to cellular invasion, given that the elrA gene suppression reduces the virulence in a mouse peritonitis model. ElrA is positively regulated by ElrR. ElrR is considered a member of the RGG family of transcriptional regulators. As all the…